Key facts
- At least five people were killed and 63 others injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine on Sept. 8.
- The attacks targeted Kyiv, Odesa Oblast, Donetsk Oblast, Kherson Oblast, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast, Sumy Oblast, Chernihiv Oblast, and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
- Residential buildings, a school, and warehouses were damaged in Kyiv.
- Ukraine's air defenses downed or suppressed two ballistic missiles, 31 cruise missiles, and 142 drones.
- President Zelensky stated that the attacks were calculated to cause as much harm as possible and requested more interceptors for ballistic missiles.
Russia resumed large-scale missile and drone attacks across Ukraine on September 8, resulting in at least five deaths and 63 injuries. The assaults followed a brief pause in strikes that coincided with a visit by U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv, though their talks did not yield a significant breakthrough.
Kyiv and Odesa Oblast were primary targets. In the capital, three people were killed and 19 injured as residential buildings, a school, and warehouses sustained damage. Debris from intercepted missiles and drones also caused fires and structural damage to an office building. The attacks extended to surrounding regions, with one person injured in Bila Tserkva.
Elsewhere, Donetsk Oblast reported two fatalities and 10 injuries, while Kherson Oblast recorded one death and 13 injuries. Zaporizhzhia Oblast saw 12 people injured, and Kharkiv Oblast reported three injuries, including a 17-year-old boy. Odesa's suburbs reported three injured men from an attack on a market. Sumy Oblast and Chernihiv Oblast also reported one injury each, and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast reported one injury.
Ukraine's Air Force stated that its defenses downed or suppressed two ballistic missiles, 31 cruise missiles, and 142 drones. President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attacks as deliberately calculated to inflict maximum harm and emphasized the ongoing need for interceptors, particularly for ballistic missiles. A Kyiv-Sumy passenger train was struck twice by drones but was stopped during an air raid alert, allowing all 90 passengers and crew to evacuate safely.